QUADRANGLE

A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.

NOTIFICATION

Something, such as a letter, by which notice is given.

KILOTON

An explosive force equivalent to that of 1,000 metric tons of TNT.

CRAWDAD

n. Chiefly Southern & Western U.S.

HELPMATE

A helper and companion, especially a spouse.

JONQUIL
A widely cultivated ornamental plant (Narcissus jonquilla) native chiefly to southern Europe, having long narrow leaves and short-tubed yellow flowers.

WELDMENT
A unit composed of an assemblage of pieces welded together.

YARROW

Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, native to Eurasia, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads. Also called achillea, milfoil.

STUMBLEBUM
A punch-drunk or second-rate prizefighter.


GENIOMETER
An optical instrument for measuring crystal angles, as between crystal faces.

CRATER
A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser.

PAPARAZZO
A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers.

DOLLHOUSE

A small model house used as a children's toy or to display miniature dolls and furniture.

BABUSHKA
A woman's head scarf, folded triangularly and worn tied under the chin.

JUNCTION
A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.

ROSETTA
A basalt tablet bearing inscriptions in Greek and in Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts that was discovered in 1799 near Rosetta, a town of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta, and provided the key to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics.

TEMPEST

A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.

CHRONICLE
An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
MACABRE
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.

COVENANT

In the Bible, God's promise to the human race.